@TheDemocrats Rules & Bylaws Committee Member | @CA_Dem #DNC Member | @LADemocrats @MiracleMileDems | Signal: michaelkapp.85 (he/him/his)
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May 6
The media keeps focusing on spreadsheets.
Consultants keep focusing on spending that used to make them rich.
I’m focused on wins.
💪 90% overperformance
🧹 30-0 in state legislative flips.
💵 50% more cash on hand than 2018
Read my op-ed in @thehill: thehill.com/opinion/campaign…
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Michael Kapp retweeted
May 22
.@kenmartin73's job is to win elections and he's been good at it at the DNC.
The same consultants and podcasters who lose elections aren't getting what they want. The grift is real.
The reason they're piling on is that if Ken's strategy works in 26, it's over for them in 28.
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May 23
The only DNC autopsy we need, in one sentence.
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THIS. Remember it was the OFA folks who killed the DNC, and ran Hillary and Kamala’s races.
Want an autopsy? Here it is in a sentence:
Never hire those consultants or put them in authority of the DNC EVER AGAIN.
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THIS. Remember it was the OFA folks who killed the DNC, and ran Hillary and Kamala’s races.
Want an autopsy? Here it is in a sentence:
Never hire those consultants or put them in authority of the DNC EVER AGAIN.
May 22
With all due respect @amandalitman, why did these very DNC members that you reference not vote for their “insider” guy that so many in the Obama alum circle are saying today would have been better? They could have, but it wasn’t close. When are we going to have the same fire for the huge club of Obama alums that got filthy rich from 2024 cycle? When are we going to have the same fire for @jomalleydillon, and a huge swath of her team that got us here, that we had for Robby Mook? But is somehow turned all the fire to now about @kenmartin73? When are we going to hold *those* people accountable? When are we going to put them on podcasts and drag them? This isn’t said with snark, it’s said with deep concern about how most of the people who got us here are still being protected.
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May 9
.@TheDemocrats Rules & Bylaws Committee will be meeting virtually at 9am PT/noon ET today to continue our work on the 2028 Delegate Selection Rules.
Per @kenmartin73, all DNC meetings will be open & accessible, so the meeting will be livestreamed here: youtube.com/live/kgzXDpjPkvI…
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Michael Kapp retweeted
May 8
With due respect @jrpsaki, I think maybe we spoke once while you were at the White House… so I’m not sure how you would know what I thought.
But since you’re curious: I believed the DNC should have been empowered to do its job, organize aggressively not just in the midterms (but also the presidential cycle), communicate directly with the base, and operate as a PARTNER, not a subsidiary whose tweets, press releases, and routine decisions required constant White House approval.
We raised historic amounts and when I did try to ruthlessly define the opposition we were told by folks in WH comms or the Deputy Chief we couldn’t or that our approach or rhetoric was too sharp.
I never sought a policy role but if I thought a policy didn’t make sense politically, particularly for minority communities I respectfully made it known.
But I digress…
.@jrpsaki on whether @kenmartin73 is up for the job:
"He's a guy who came from the state party system, who's actually won stuff. He's not some, Washington inside person."
"Navigating DC s a bear, and if you haven't grown up in this town, it is a bigger bear, which I think he's struggling with."
"Your whole job in that job is to raise money and attack the other party. And it's like: sometimes people don't understand that."
"I think @harrisonjaime thought he was gonna be the Deputy President and have a seat at the policy-making table. It's not the job. The job is to raise money and to attack the other party."
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The numbers don’t lie: The DNC is winning where it matters most tinyurl.com/3pxf72x6
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One of the best pieces written about how @TheDemocrats and @DemStateParties are re-building state infrastructure to win this cycle and beyond. We are done with only targeting a handful of states. That's not party strength, that's an outdated playbook that doesn't work. Thx @michaelkapp for writing this and making the case for year-round permanent infrastructure, exactly what Chair @kenmartin73 is doing. thehill.com/opinion/campaign…
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May 6
The media keeps focusing on spreadsheets.
Consultants keep focusing on spending that used to make them rich.
I’m focused on wins.
💪 90% overperformance
🧹 30-0 in state legislative flips.
💵 50% more cash on hand than 2018
Read my op-ed in @thehill: thehill.com/opinion/campaign…
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May 6
These wins are the result of a @KenMartin73's strategic shift to invest in:
☑️state parties
☑️candidate recruitment
☑️organizers on the ground
Moving us away from the old short-term, consultant-driven spending model – and toward building real, durable Democratic infrastructure.
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This is the real debate:
Do we keep rebuilding from scratch every cycle...or do we actually invest in the infrastructure needed to win consistently?
The results so far are pretty clear.
Read more in @thehill: thehill.com/opinion/campaign…
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Michael Kapp retweeted
DNC Chair @kenmartin73 is leading a 57 state party strategy. Some national talkers and consultants are upset. Those of us in the states working with candidates and county parties every day know this is the way to build power and make people's lives better. Listen to @SimonWDC latest with Alaska chair. hopiumchronicles.com/p/eric-…
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May 4
I've been on the DNC long enough to remember when we lost the WH & Tom Perez was DNC Chair and fundraising ⬇️. Yet these stories didn't happen to Perez.
Ken Martin has beaten every Perez record by millions of $ – yet we have this B.S.
The media is missing the true story.
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BREAKING: in recent weeks, some DNC members have privately discussed trying to force Chair Martin out of the job, according to three people familiar with these conversations. The idea was put on hold after members failed to identify an alternative candidate willing to step into the role.
scoop from @Lauren_V_Egan
thebulwark.com/p/new-drama-i…
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May 4
A lot of the negativity is coming from inside-the-Beltway circles that preferred the old consultant-driven model. Because it made them rich, regardless of whether Democrats won or lost.
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But when you look at the actual scoreboard – overperformances in 90% of elections, a 30-0 record in statehouse flips, recruitment successes, and organizing growth – Ken Martin’s strategy is working.
The media is missing the story.
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